NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — In April 1861, as Confederate forces moved in on Gosport Navy Shipyard, the Union burned it down, ...

For the first time since it sank more than 160 years ago, the public is getting a high-definition look at the Civil War’s ...

President Donald Trump has rewritten United States military strategy. What that means for Iran as the U.S. builds up ...

Early in the evening of Feb. 12, 1935, the U.S. Navy rigid airship USS Macon was cruising back to its home port at Moffett Field near Sunnyvale after completing survey work over the Pacific. While ...

In this handout photo provided by the US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln transits the Strait of Hormuz as an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the Nightdippers of Helicopter Sea Combat ...

The USS Monitor revolutionized naval warfare with its rotating turret and iron armor. But just months after its historic clash with the CSS Virginia, the ship met a tragic fate at sea Too busy?

If you’re a student of military history, then you know that size and strength alone don’t always guarantee victory. Time and again, history has shown us that smaller, determined forces, guided by ...

When he wasn't designing warships, John Ericsson was dreaming up solar technology. The Swedish American inventor, credited with the screw propeller and the first ironclad vessel in the U.S. Navy, ...

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The Mariners’ Museum and Park is hosting the annual Battle of Hampton Roads Commemoration Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The event is in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — Hampton Roads has a rich history, and there’s no more memorable battle than the one between the Monitor and the Merrimac. The turret of the USS Monitor is in the middle of ...